Magic of reading part 2

I LOVE to read with my kids and have always wanted a special room for that very purpose. When we moved into this house, I decided instead of having a formal living room, I wanted a reading room. So I drew upon the amazing talent of my brother and he was able to make us a magical room to read in. Below are a few pictures of the room, and the post below this is a continuation of pictures since I couldn't fit them all on one post. By the way, if there is anyone in the northern Utah area wanting a mural in their house, my brother is amazing (as you will see) and is looking for work, so let me know if you want his info.

This first picture is him just starting out (by the way, he got my input but pretty much came up with all of this on his own, which I LOVE).

Here is a picture of Jack climbing the bean stock. In the picture below, Jack is up above the shelf.

The full book on my wall - isn't this amazing?

Definitely look at the post below for the rest of the pictures - I think Kyle is totally amazing. And I just want to end this post with a poem that my friend Amber shared with me. It just helps you remember the importance of reading to your kids.

You may have tangible wealth untold:
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be–
I had a Mother who read to me.
from “The Reading Mother” by Strickland Gillilan

The Magic of reading

For those of you who have been to my house, you have seen that instead of having a formal living room, I decided I wanted a reading room where my kids and I could go to read books. I had my brother Denny put up a shelf in there, which I put books on so the kids could actually see the front of the books and not just the spine of the book. Up until now, that's all we had, but now that my brother Kyle has a little more time, we had him do a mural in there and I LOVE it. Below are a few pictures of what he (with a little help from his wife Lena) did.

For those of you not familiar with the book "You are Special" by Max Lucado (which is one of my favorite childrens books), below is a picture of Punchinello, the main character sitting on top of the book "The Hobbit", another classic, and next to Dr. Seuss's ABC book.

Here is Humpty Dumpty, who is sitting up on my shelf, obviously before his great fall. :-)

Below is a picture of Little Sal, from the book "Blueberries for Sal". Also another classic children's book. This same author (Robert McClowsky) wrote a few others that I love "One Morning in Maine", "Lentil", and "Make way for Ducklings".

Here is the cat and the fiddle, standing on my piano.

Rapunzel, letting down her hair.

And don't forget the three blind mice